Hi all, we arrived in Gimmelwald, Switzerland on Friday June 10. Gimmelwald is AWESOME! It's a tiny Swiss-German farming town with a no-car policy and a wünderbar (wonderful) view of the three legendary peaks of the Swiss Alps....Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. We are staying at the Mountain Hostel which is located about half-way up Schilthorn Mountain in the Alps. When we checked in on Friday, the hostel informed us that they accidentally double-booked the room we had reserved....so they put us in the Honeymoon Suite for our entire stay! Praise the Lord! It's a small room in the attic... but its the ONLY private room in the hostel so we love it! It also has an amazing view out of the tiny little window. On Saturday, we did some much needed laundry, by hand, in the sink because the washing machine was expensive. We also explored Gimmelwald and the neighboring town of Mürren. In Gimmelwald, we found a couple who sells fresh milk, Alp cheese and butter, eggs, and home-made sausages right out of their home....so we bought some fresh milk and a GOAT sausage! It was so delicious! I was so proud of Carmel for eating goat sausage....she loved it.
Sunday, we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day....so we wanted to hit the trail and do some hiking. We spent about 6 hours hiking a loop from Gimmelwald to Rotstockhütte (elevation 2039 meters ...about 700 meters from the top of Schilthorn) and back to Gimmelwald. It was a challenging hike...lots of long, uphill stretches....and dodging all the cow pies! One section of the hike took us right through a cow pasture, where we could have reached out and touched the cows. This was some of the most incredible hiking I've ever done. Everywhere we looked, we were blown away by breath-taking beauty. We were pretty beat after the hike so we came back, made some goat spaghetti, and went to bed early.
Today, it was rainy and cloudy, so we slept in really late and made a delicious breakfast. Later, we walked to Mürren and sat in the hot tub at one of the hotels. It was relaxing and refreshing...just what we needed. Tommorrow...we plan to hike to Sprutz....which is a big waterfall that the trail goes under...and then spend the night sipping wine and eating Swiss chocolate. Wednesday, we'll take the gondola back down the mountain and get on a train headed to La Spezia, Italy (near the Cinque Terre).
So things are going really well for us...we are having the time of our lives and feel very blessed. Much love to our family and friends. We miss you! Check back later to read about our adventures in Italy!
Love,
Tyler and Carmel
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